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Triple bypass needed to resurrect NAB's UK business

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... That is according to Elio D'Amato, chief executive of stock market solutions provider Lincoln Indicators. The underperformance of NAB's UK business was behind the bank's 22% fall in net profit for the full-year to 30 September. With its wealth creation ...

UK advisers should shift to planning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... investment culture that is being built around reformed pension products in the wake of misselling crises and chronic underperformance that have savaged the wealth sector's reputation. Author of the report, Michael Johnson, formerly Secretary to the Conservative ...

Emerging managers add twice the alpha

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... cumulative total out-performance." Urbani said, however, that, "Emerging Managers do have periods of relative underperformance typically following market peaks and crisis periods, eg in 1997-98, 2002-04 and 2009-10. This probably reflects a decline in ...

Advisers told to rethink growth asset allocations

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... context of relatively low corporate profitability and should prompt a re-think of allocation, said Dorrian, citing underperformance in banks' equity, favoured for retirement income, against performance of the debt side of the capital structure. "This ...

Mercer highlights allocation dangers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... caps have unstable futures. "Emerging market equities have a positive, longer-term structural story, and recent underperformance has restored valuation opportunities," said Stuart, adding that small caps are overvalued. "Cash is the preferred defensive ...

Platforms welcome Solaris' performance fee equity fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... Peter Mahoney, head of distribution, Solaris. "If we don't outperform the benchmark - we don't get paid. Any underperformance must be made up before a performance fee becomes payable and there is no reset date." In January, Lonsec awarded the Core Australian ...

Brand reputation key to mandate wins

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... have achieved both high levels of awareness and favorability among institutional investors, Cogent found. While underperformance relative to benchmarks is still the main reason for dropping managers, according to 69% of institutions, straying from investment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... traded. RBS Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said the carbon tax had little to do with the market's underperformance. "The carbon tax is annoying and on the surface of it looks like it's upsetting people, but what I think is really upsetting ...

Advisers turn from managed funds to ETFs: BetaShares

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... $104,137. "An investor would be $82,000 better off if management fees were 0.39 per cent," Corbett said. "The underperformance of active managers across common indices also highlights the role of fees," he said. At the launch, figures sourced from S&P ...

The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... challenges facing the government, (2) the country's highly uncertain growth prospects and (3) a track record of underperformance against budget consolidation targets. 2. The increased likelihood that Greece's supporters (the IMF, ECB and the ...